Data Solutions Consultant

Aether Biomedical; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Vacation days up to 26

Health and life insurance

Flexible workplace

English language classes

Certification reimbursement

Zusammenfassung

Our client in a global manufacturing context seeks a Data Consultant to lead data governance, change management, and the data literacy program across enterprise stakeholders. The role bridges business sponsors and technical delivery teams with strong commercial acumen and communications skills.

The ideal candidate will articulate governance blueprints, partner with executives, and drive alignment on data strategy and platform initiatives across multi-site operations in a complex enterprise.

Qualifikationen

• Proven track record of leading data governance and/or data management programs within a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong change management capability with stakeholder engagement, communication strategy, and operating-model transitions.
• Proven ability to engage, collaborate with, and influence senior and C-level stakeholders.
• Sound technical literacy regarding data platforms and analytics, enabling close partnership with architects and engineers.
• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts between business and technical audiences.

Aufgaben

• Data Governance: Lead the implementation of the data governance blueprint, including operating model, roles, policies and forums.
• Change Management: Own the comprehensive change management plan, stakeholder engagement, communications, and user adoption.
• Data Leadership: Drive data leadership and data literacy to foster a data-driven culture and internal capability growth.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate with business leaders to capture requirements, prioritize use cases, and secure buy-in.
• Executive Alignment: Maintain alignment with sponsors, Data Architect, and change program leads on scope, priorities, risks, and milestones.
• Technical Alignment: Ensure governance processes are technically grounded with knowledge of deployed platforms and architecture.
• Artifact Ownership: Author governance blueprints, operating models, and change plans for executive audiences.

Jobbeschreibung

Client: Our client is a large international manufacturing company listed in the S&P 500, operating a complex, multi-site global environment.

As part of a Data Strategy Development initiative, the organization is defining a clear, pragmatic, and scalable data strategy to improve decision-making, reduce manual processes, strengthen data ownership, and establish a strong foundation for future analytics and digital transformation. The engagement focuses on strategy definition and is expected to continue into platform and analytics implementation phases.

Project overview

This initiative focuses on establishing a robust, enterprise-wide data strategy and building a data-driven culture. The project involves standing up a modern target operating model, deploying advanced data platforms, and creating the data leadership architecture necessary to support long-term business capabilities.

Position overview

The Data Consultant will lead the people and process aspects of the organization's data strategy, specifically driving data governance, change management, and the data literacy agenda. Serving as a business-facing leader, this role acts as the primary bridge between business stakeholders, executive sponsors, and the technical delivery teams. The ideal candidate possesses strong business acumen paired with sufficient technical literacy to maintain credibility with data architecture teams and ensure seamless strategic alignment.

Responsibilities

• Data Governance: Lead the implementation of the data governance blueprint, including the operating model, defining roles (data owners and stewards), establishing policies and standards, and facilitating and sustaining governance forums.
• Change Management: Own and execute the comprehensive change management plan, covering stakeholder engagement, communications, user adoption, and the transition to the target operating model.
• Data Leadership: Drive the data leadership and data literacy agenda to foster a mature, data-driven organizational culture and build internal capabilities.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate directly with business and functional leaders to capture requirements, prioritize data use cases, and secure organizational buy-in.
• Executive Alignment: Maintain alignment across executive sponsors, the Data Architect, and change program leads regarding project scope, priorities, risks, and milestones.
• Technical Alignment: Ensure all governance processes and adoption strategies are technically grounded by maintaining a strong baseline understanding of the deployed data platforms and architecture.
• Artifact Ownership: Author and quality-assure core strategic artifacts, including governance blueprints, operating models, and change plans tailored for executive audiences.

Requirements

• Proven track record of leading data governance and/or data management programs within a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong change management capability, with demonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement, communication strategy, and operating-model transitions.
• Proven ability to effectively engage, collaborate with, and influence senior and C-level stakeholders.
• Sound technical literacy regarding data platforms and analytics, enabling close partnership with architects and engineers.
• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills, with a verified ability to translate complex concepts between business and technical audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience in manufacturing or industrial enterprise environments.
• Background in large-scale data or digital transformation programs.
• Familiarity with Azure, Snowflake, and modern cloud data platforms.
• Experience contributing to executive-level strategy reports and board-level materials.
• Consulting or principal-level advisory experience in global organizations.

What We Offer

• Vacation days: Up to 26 business days per year.
• 10 illness/special days off per year (fully paid, no medical papers needed) for all contract types.
• Health and life insurance (Luxmed).
• MyBenefit platform with Multisport option.
• Internal psychological support service.
• English language classes from the first working day.
• Access to external learning platforms: O’Reilly, LinkedIn Learning, Udemy, and a wide catalog of diverse internal training.
• Flexible workplace: work from the office, from home, or choose a hybrid option.
• Tech Skills Mentoring Program.
• Opportunities to develop as a public speaker, mentor, or technical interviewer.
• Fully paid idle (bench) when not involved in a project.
• Certification reimbursement (AWS, GCP, Microsoft, etc.).